How to be Confident and Assertive at Work

Product Description This book will restore your confidence and help you to be more assertive and command more respect at work. It will enable you to: - Be valued for who you are - Ask for what you are entitled to - Say 'no' when you have the right to do so - Have your opinions and ideas heard and respected - Stand up for yourself - Handle difficult situations calmly and successfully It also provides a step-by-step guide to how to deal with some of the most common situations that you are likely to face during your working life - including asking for a pay rise!¬ Book Description This book offers practical tools and techniques that you can put into use immediately. From the Back Cover Practical solutions for the everyday challenges of daily working life This book gives you practical, straightforward advice and actual words to use when dealing with situations that the average person finds difficult to handle. Like a good friend, it will enable you to be valued for who you are, to ask for what you are entitled to, and to say 'no' when you have the right to do so. You will be able to stand up for yourself and handle difficult situations calmly and successfully, and you will discover how to have your opinions and ideas heard and respected. It provides step-by-step guidance on how to deal with the most common situations and issues that you are likely to face during your working life - including speaking at meetings and presentations, managing other people and your boss, handling appraisals and interviews, and even asking for a pay rise! About the Author SUZANNE POTTS isan international motivational speaker and management trainer who from 1989 has achieved success in delivering assertiveness skills within the former Eastern Europe. CONRAD POTTS is a psychologist, consultant and management trainer. He is particularly well known for his one to one coaching at senior level and for helping to build world class teams. CONRAD and SUZANNE run Teamskills, a network of management and leadership consultants dedicated to excellence in the development of leadership and team skills. They have 60 years combined experience in training organisations and their staff to be assertive.